Terms Used In Missouri Laws 40.328

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any person subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 who compels or attempts to compel a commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other military property, or of any body of members of this state‘s or any other state’s military forces to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.